Comments on: Re-View: Top Gun

By: Music of the 80’s – Movie Edition | The Blog of Rudy Amid

Music of the 80’s – Movie Edition | The Blog of Rudy Amid — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:51:43 +0000

[...] I posted earlier, the movie “Top Gun” was a blockbuster success and the soundtrack went to #1 with it. [...]

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:16:04 +0000

Interesting enough, with the big name stars in the movie, like Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise, they were both in heavy make up. So we can’t recognize them. Jack Black is the other one but he had a minor role. Tropic Thunder is a underrated film. And yes, because of its crudeness I couldn’t recommend it either. Definitely couldn’t stand the cursing abuse by Cruise. Maybe that’s his way to vent out the frustration for being a Scientologist.

By: Trade Show Guru

Trade Show Guru — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:34:17 +0000

hey Rudy,
I watched Tropic Thunder on DVD last night. I’m “so so” on the movie. I think anytime there are a bunch of “stars” in a movie, it is easy for them to overshadow everything else. Some of it was also a little crude for me, and my wife fell asleep for about 20 minutes during it Anyway, regarding Cruise, when I first saw his character I didn’t know it was him until I heard his voice. What makeup! And I have to say I chuckled at his dancing at the end. He was willing to make a fool out of himself, something I probably wouldn’t do (unless they paid me his salary! So you didn’t like Cruise in the movie? As I said, overall I couldn’t recommend the movie…
~ Steve, aka the trade show booths guru

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By: Farzan

Farzan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:33:29 +0000

Top Gun was a fun movie and its still fun as of today. I still enjoy the Danger Zone song from the movie.

By: High School Musical - am I a sell-out? ~ Trade Show Guru

High School Musical - am I a sell-out? ~ Trade Show Guru — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:34:39 +0000

[...] rooting for Troy and Gabriella. Now I’m not saying it’s an amazing grown-up movie (like Top Gun), but I liked it. It’s got good, wholesome kids, a reasonable plot, great songs, and the only [...]

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:00:40 +0000

I saw Tropic Thunder, and I thought Cruise’s career just went on reverse. That’s as far as I’ll go with the current Cruise.

By: trade show displays

trade show displays — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:33:51 +0000

Hey Rudy,
You have good taste! I like Will Smith too. He’s a good actor, and seems like a class act too. I haven’t heard the expression “loon” in a while, but I think it fits Cruise perfectly!
~ Steve
PS. I saw Valkerie a few days ago (a friend had free passes) and thought it was a great thriller (in spite of Cruise, the other actors are great and the story is a good one)

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:17:10 +0000

Hey Steve,

I watched ID4 in Canada and people gave that movie a standing ovation too. It was kinda cool to watch people get excited over a movie like that.

And I’d pick Will Smith over Tom Cruise, any day. Cruise is such a loon.

By: trade show displays

trade show displays — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:11:19 +0000

hey Rudy,
Thanks for the flashback! Top Gun would be on my top 10 list of ‘80 movies too. That was back when Tom Cruise was just Tom Cruise. The cool thing about Top Gun is that I saw it for the first time when it came out in a movie theater in Sweden (college intern job). I was working there for the summer and some Swedish friends wanted to see it. I’m pretty sure I was the only American in the theater. At the end of the movie, there was a standing ovation! There was no anti-Americanism back then, at least not in Sweden. Or maybe it was just the Tom Cruise effect… Anyway, I agree. Top Gun Rocks! ~ Steve, aka “trade show displays”